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Not knowing quite what to expect, we set out and watched the Michael Jackson documentary film on its opening day and, as expected, the cinema was busy and buzzing with a great atmosphere.

After the obligatory trailers the film propelled us into the gargantuan world of his planned shows, created by director Kenny Ortega and meticulously detailed by Michael Jackson himself. 

Thankfully, the film didn’t draw heavily upon the singer’s controversial death and instead wisely focussed on the talent that made him who he was.

The film had great pace as the star brilliantly sung and danced his way through his well known hits such as ‘Billie Jean’, ‘Earth Song’ and ‘Man in the Mirror’, in superbly edited pieces of footage displayed as raw and edgy roughcuts of the preparation behind this hotly-anticipated set of comeback concert dates.

It was clear that there was to be no expense spared as the concert prepared to delight London audiences with an array of stunning visuals.  They created a CGI army, planted Michael into a black and white film for the performance of ’Smooth Criminal’ and recreated the well known horror scene in the video for ’Thriller’.

It’s clear that diehard MJ fans will love the movie, but it’s the ones who weren’t so convinced who will be bowled over by the level of effort and involvement Michael put into his work and the pure professionalism poured into every last lyric and trick of the feet.  An aching reminder of just why he was the King of Pop - this would have been more than a show to remember.